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Do you need help with your legal research skills?
The library will be running the following legal research workshops for students in the Autumn term:-
Introduction to printed legal research
How to find commentary, cases and legislation using Halsbury’s Laws, Halsbury’s Statutes, Current Law and the Digest in their traditional printed formats.
- Tuesday 28 September 12.15pm-1.15pm
- Tuesday 28 September 2.45pm-3.45pm
- Thursday 14th October 10.30-11.30am
- Tuesday 2 November 12.15pm-1.15pm
- Tuesday 2 November 2.45pm-3.45pm
- Thursday 4th November 12.15-1.15pm
Introduction to electronic legal research
How to find commentary, cases and legislation using LexisLibrary and Westlaw electronic legal databases.
- Monday 1 November 12.15pm-1.15pm
- Monday 1 November 2.45pm-3.45pm
- Wednesday 3 November 3.45-4.45pm
- Friday 5 November 10.30-11.30am
To Register
To register for any of these sessions, please go to ELITE>My Centre>Click for more information>Library(Blue side headings)> Legal Research Workshops> Sign up sheets (for either Printed and/ or Electronic) Workshops
The Library is running some Journal Research Workshops in March. They are designed to help GDL students with research for their PfP assessments. However, they are open to any student who wishes to attend.
The workshops will show you how to find summary and full-text journal articles using the Legal Journals Index on Westlaw and the Library Catalogue on ELITE.
Currently, we have 3 workshops planned, but there will be more to follow:
- 3.30pm Tuesday 9 March Room 116
- 5.15pm Saturday 13 March Room E329
- 3.00pm Tuesday 16 March Room E229
You can sign-up for workshops on ELITE via the My Centre tab > Library menu > Legal Research Workshop Sign-Up Sheets > Journal Research Workshops. Please note that places are limited to 20 students per workshop.
The Library is offering refresher Legal Research Workshops in February. They are aimed at 2nd year part-time LPC students undertaking their PLR assessment, however they are open to any student who wishes to attend.
Printed Legal Research Workshop (Library)
How to find cases, legislation and commentary using Halsbury’s Laws, Halsbury’s Statutes, Current Law and The Digest.
- 3.30pm Tuesday 16 February
- 3.30pm Wednesday 17 February Please note session now on 3.30pm Wed 24th February
- 12.00pm Saturday 20 February
Electronic Legal Research Workshop (Room 116)
How to find cases, legislation and commentary using LexisLibrary and Westlaw.
- 4.30pm Wednesday 17 February
- 3.30pm Thursday 18 February now changed to 3.30pm Tuesday 23 February
- 12.00pm Sunday 21 February
(We are reviewing the Electronic sessions planned for Wed 17th and Thu 18th to see if they will go ahead in these slots, or have be re-arranged ,but please sign up and we will notify you accordingly)
If you would like to attend a workshop, please sign-up for a class on ELITE. Sign-up sheets are available on ELITE:
Click on the ‘My Centre’ tab > ‘Click here for more info’ bar > ‘Library’ from the blue menu >’Legal Research Workshops’.
Please note that places are limited to a maximum of 20 students per workshop.
Back by popular demand – now that the reality of PLR and Legal Method has hit home – three more paper based legal research workshops have been timetabled.
Follow the link below to find out more and sign-up. Places are limited to 8.
There are two new legal research workshops for you to sign-up to and attend starting on Thursday 24 September. They cover electronic research and print based research.
You can find the sign-up sheets and further details of the sessions at
- My Centre
- “Click here for more information” (on the left-hand side)
- Library (in the blue menu bar)
- Legal Research Workshops folder.
I look forward to seeing you.
Sign-up sheets are now available for the Lexis & Westlaw training sessions that will be offered this Thursday and Friday (10 & 11 September).
To find them go to:
- My Centre
- “Click here for information” (button on left-hand side of screen)
- Library (in blue menu)
- Sign-up sheets
If you have any problems or questions please contact me at natasha.skeen@lawcol.co.uk
Watch this space for details of further legal research workshops.
The library will be running sessions on researching journals and newspapers in the first week of February. The idea is that after you’ve handed in your PfP1, those of you who may want to get some additional research advice in advance of preparing for your PfP2 will be able to do so by signing up for one of these sessions. They’ll only be around 40 minutes in length and will be run on the basis of interest. For part-time students only I will be willing to put on an evening session depending on numbers.
The purpose of this post is to find out how many are interested and when would be the best time to run the sessions. If you can express your interest by Friday 23 January I’ll post confirmed session times for you to sign-up to in the week beginning 26 January.
Email me at natasha.skeen@lawcol.co.uk stating preferred day of the week and whether you’d prefer an a.m. or p.m. time slot. Please be aware that session times will be arranged to suit the majority so apologies in advance if we can’t accommodate you.
Remember: Citing journals and newspapers shows your lecturers that you’re taking more than a minimal interest in your subject and not just sticking to the core texts/cases/legislation.
Sorry – Fully Booked
The Library will be running an extra Introduction to Printed Legal Research workshop at 11.00am on Friday 24 October. The workshop will include a demonstration of Halsbury’s Laws, Halsbury’s Statutes, and Current Law. Students will also have the opportunity to practice using the resources, with support from the Information Officer.
The workshops are voluntary, but places are limited to 20 students per session. If you would like to attend a workshop, please contact the library to sign up. You can contact the library in person, or by telephone (01483 216041) or email (library.brm@lawcol.co.uk).
Please note that only students who sign up can attend the workshop. Also, students who sign up, are expected to attend workshops, or give notice of cancellation, so that their place may be offered to another.
LexisNexis and Westlaw staff will be running legal database workshops at College in October. The workshops may benefit GDL students who are new to legal databases, and LPC or BVC students who would like some refresher training in advance of their legal research assessments.
Rutendo Hanyanisi will be running the following LexisNexis Butterworths workshops on Friday 17 October: 11.00am-12.00pm, 12.00pm-1.00pm, 1.30pm-2.30pm and 2.30pm-3.30pm.
Sheena Shepherd will be running the following Westlaw workshops on Monday 20 October: 11.00am-12.00pm, 12.00pm-1.00pm, 1.30pm-2.30pm and 2.30pm-3.30pm.
The workshops are voluntary, but places are limited to 20 students per session. If you would like to attend a workshop, please contact the library to sign up. You can contact the library in person, or by telephone (01483 216041) or email (library.brm@lawcol.co.uk).
Please note that only students who sign up can attend the workshop. Also, students who sign up, are expected to attend workshops, or give notice of cancellation, so that their place may be offered to another.
If you are unable to attend the workshops, but would like further legal database training, we recommend that you try LexisNexis Butterworths and Westlaw online training tutorials.
The Library will be running a series of Introduction to Printed Legal Research workshops. The workshops are designed to support GDL students with their Legal Method, but they are open to all students who wish to attend.
The workshop will include a demonstration of Halsbury’s Laws, Halsbury’s Statutes, and Current Law. Students will also have the opportunity to practice using the resources, with support from the Information Officer.
Introduction to Printed Legal Research workshop will be running at the following times and dates:
- 2.00pm-3.00pm Tuesday 7 October
- 11.00am-12.00pm Wednesday 8 October
- 2.00pm-3.00pm Wednesday 8 October
- 2.00pm-3.00pm Thursday 9 October
- 3.30pm-4.30pm Wednesday 15 October
The workshops are voluntary, but places are limited to 20 students per session. If you would like to attend a workshop, please contact the library to sign up. You can contact the library in person, or by telephone (01483 216041) or email (library.brm@lawcol.co.uk).
Please note that only students who sign up can attend the workshop. Also, students who sign up, are expected to attend workshops, or give notice of cancellation, so that their place may be offered to another.
